. >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> the reasons for infant mortality are complex, but what everyone agrees is that poverty plays a part. the rates are worst in the cities of the south and the "rust belt" with their legacies of economic collapse and racial division. and one of the hardest hit cities is cleveland. >> here, the unemployment rate for whites is around 6%. for african americans, the number is almost three times higher. >> like many cities across america, the sight of boarded up businesses and devastated neighborhoods is something that's become increasingly common. but what's remarkable about cleveland is that it also happens to be the worst city in the entire united states for infant mortality. >> in cleveland, there are neighborhoods where the infant mortality rate is worse than that of countries such as guatemala, botswana. and even north korea. >> eric price is a lifelong cleveland resident. he says the scale of the problem is a product of living in a forgotten city. >> this used to be a great area. it was great for b